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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Introduction to the Constitution.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first major document of the U.S. government was the Declaration of Independence which was signed in what year?
(a) 1777.
(b) 1775.
(c) 1776.
(d) 1778.

2. The Congress separated into the House of Representatives and the Senate is the result of a dispute termed what?
(a) "The Great Debate".
(b) "The Great Conflict".
(c) "The Great Compromise".
(d) "The Great Dispute".

3. Cullop asserts which term for American government is correct?
(a) Democratic confederation.
(b) Republican democracy.
(c) Independent republic.
(d) Democratic republic.

4. What do the states that make up the U.S. constitute?
(a) A community.
(b) A confederation.
(c) A symposium.
(d) A federation.

5. Cullop states that the Constitution is meaningless unless who enforces it?
(a) The legislative branch.
(b) The Supreme Court.
(c) The President.
(d) The people it represents.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Constitution could not be put into effect until it had been ratified by three fourths of the states, or how many of the original states?

2. The Constitution was ratified by what date?

3. The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was introduced in what year?

4. When Cullop states the U.S. has a "government of the people, by the people, for the people," whom is he quoting?

5. Cullop states the government in the U.S. is referred to by many different names, but by which two most frequently?

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